Hat-retainer



E. RICCIO.

HAT RETAINER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-. 4, 1918.

Patented Mar. 29, 1921.

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HAT-RETAINER.

Application filed November 4, 1918.

To all to 720722 it may concern:

Be it known that T, ERNESTO RIcoIo, a subject of the King of Italy, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hat-Retainers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to a hat retainer and is in the nature of an improve ment over the hat retainer upon which I have received United States Letters Patent No. 1,198,055, granted September 12, 1916.

The improvement further resides in the construction, combination and operative arrangement of parts set forth in the following description and falling within the scope of what is claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a sectional view through a hat illustrating the application of the improvement therein;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the improvement, parts being broken away and parts being in section;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the improvement;

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof; and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view approximately on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

The improvement contemplates the employment of a frame which is broadly indicated by the numeral 6. The frame is preferably constructed of some light metal, such as aluminum. The frame is constructed from a flat plate and its ends bent in the same direction and at substantially a right angle with respect to the plate proper. The flanged ends contact with the opposite sides of the hat, and are indicatedby the numerals 7. The plate, at equidistance inward from the ends thereof is further bent in the same direction as the ends but these inner bent portions are of a greater length than the ends 7. The inner bent portions or what may be termed right angular flanges 8 are connected by an arched crown piece 9, the metal being bent to form the same, and the said crown at the center thereof is bent upon itself to provide what I will term an outstanding lip 10. This lip, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings contacts the center of the crown of the hat and spaces the frame from the top of the hat 11, so that the resilient means which operate the pins or clamping members will not be interfered with by contact with the hat. In addition to this,

Specification of Letters Patent. Patgnted Efig 29 1921 Serial No. 261,006.

the lip 10 is provided with an opening which serves as a guide for the said resilient means and prevents the lateral movement of the latter. i

The ends 7 are each provided with an aperture 12 and the flanges 8 are each provided with two alining apertures 13 arranged below the plane of the apertures in the ends 7. Through these last mentioned apertures the prongs or limbs '14; ofthe clamping device areadapted to be guided. The clamping device is in the natureof an ordinary hair pin and the connecting member for the limbs thereof has secured thereon a right angularlydisposed finger 15. The fingers 15 are normally brought against the flanges 8 by a resilient element 16 which is connected to the said fingers. The fingers project a slight distance above the arch or crown piece 9 and are provided with notches to receive the ends of the resilient element 16. The element 16 is disposed over the arch or crown and passes through an opening 17 in the lip 10 whereby the same is held against lateral movement, as heretofore stated.

Each of the fingers is provided with a threaded opening arranged opposite the aperture in the respective ends 7 and through the apertures in the said ends 7 pass the shanks 18 of headed members 19. The ends of the shanks 18 are threaded and engage in the threaded orifices 17 in the fingers 15. The heads may be highly ornamented to impart aeshtetical beauty to the hat. The shanks 18 are inserted through the opposite sides of the hat, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 10f the drawings, and it will be apparent that an outward pull uponthe heads 19 will retract the clamping members and a release of the said heads will permit of the resilient element 16 bringing the clamping members toward each other to engage the hair of the wearer of the hat therebetween.

While the present application involves Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is V I 1. A hat fastener including a frame constructed from a single strip of flat resilient metal bent to provide angular ends which contact with the opposite sides ofthe hat and further bent inward of the ends to provide flanges which extend in the same direction as the ends, an arched crown connecting the flanges, an upstanding element arranged centrally of the crown and contacting thetop of the hat, hair pins having their legs guided through openings in the flanges, fingers connected to said hair pins outward of the flanges and projecting above said flanges, a resilient element having its ends secured to the fingers and arranged over the arched crown, guide means on the crown for said resilient element, and headed shanks guided through the ends of the frame and removably secured to the fingers.

2. A hat retainer including a frame constructed from a fiat strip of resilient metal, having its ends contacting with the sides of a hat, said ends being bent in one direction to provlde inwardly directed straight portions, which latter are also bent to provide a pair of flanges which extend in the same direction as the ends, an arched'crown piece connecting the flanges, an outstanding lip centrally formed on the crown piece and having an opening therethrough, said lip con tacting with the top of the hat at the center thereof, hair pins having their legs guided through openings in the flanges, fingers secured to the connecting element for the legs of the pins and projecting above the flanges and having their ends notched, a resilient element on the crown piece guided through the opening in the lip therefor and having its ends secured to the notched ends of the fingers, headed members having shanks, and said shanks guided through apertures in the ends of the frame and removably connected to the fingers.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature ERNESTO RICCIOJ 

